Eighth Street Cemetery
Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
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African American Cemetery.
he cemetery was first used to bury Millersburg's slaves and freepersons of color in the 1700s, but it wasn't organized as a cemetery until 1848. The cemetery contains the highest percentage of soldiers of any cemetery in the nation. There are approximately 1500 burials here, most lost to history. Veterans of every conflict since the Civil War have found their final resting place here. It is not associated with the adjacent Millersburg Cemetery, although it can be accessed off the back road of that cemetery. Eighth Street Cemetery is maintained by a separate non-profit organization.
African American Cemetery.
he cemetery was first used to bury Millersburg's slaves and freepersons of color in the 1700s, but it wasn't organized as a cemetery until 1848. The cemetery contains the highest percentage of soldiers of any cemetery in the nation. There are approximately 1500 burials here, most lost to history. Veterans of every conflict since the Civil War have found their final resting place here. It is not associated with the adjacent Millersburg Cemetery, although it can be accessed off the back road of that cemetery. Eighth Street Cemetery is maintained by a separate non-profit organization.
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Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials3k+
- Percent photographed90%
- Percent with GPS1%
Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials12
- Percent photographed0%
- Added: 4 Apr 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2349143
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